One Acre Fund is a nonprofit organization that supplies smallholder farmers in East Africa with asset-based financing and agriculture training services to reduce hunger and poverty. Headquartered in Bungoma, Kenya, the organization works with farmers in rural villages throughout Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and recently Malawi. Using a market-based approach, One Acre Fund facilitates activities and transactions at various levels of the farming value chain, including seed sourcing and market support. In 2013, farmers who worked with One Acre Fund realized a 180% return on their investment and significantly increased farm income on every planted acre.
About the Role
- As the Business Analyst, you are responsible for the success of a portfolio of products. You will identify specific customer needs within the larger context and objectives that a product or feature needs to fulfill. You must be great at business and data analysis, and solve problems from first-principles. You will be a part of the Tech and Business Innovation team and will report directly to Tech and Business Innovation Lead.
Responsibilities
- Analyze customer feedback and market trends to identify opportunities for product improvement and innovation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional internal teams and external organizations to design, develop, and launch new products and features.
- Develop and maintain product documentation, including product requirements, technical specifications, and user guides.
- Assess client needs, develop, pilot and scale impactful and financially viable products and services through our different field channels (e.g. Core, Shops, Trees, and Field Agents)..
Qualifications
For this role specifically, you will have:
- 4+ years of experience in product analysis or business strategy.
- Highly developed conceptual reasoning capabilities, and analytical with a proven ability to break down and frame strategic problems.
- Experience in developing business-level strategy, business cases, product development, marketing strategies and technology implementation
- Proficiency in data analysis tools, such as Google Sheets, SQL, and Power BI.
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